Welcome to Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, a veterinary practice located in the heart of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. This friendly and inviting veterinary practice offers high-quality animal healthcare services to a range of furry and feathered patients. Their staff are specialist veterinary surgeons and nurses who are dedicated to providing the best care possible for all animals that come through their doors.
The practice is run by Dr Stephen Smith, a highly qualified veterinary surgeon with numerous certifications under his belt, including a BVetMed, CertZooMed, DipECZM(Avian) and MRCVS. His extensive qualifications and experience allow him to provide a range of treatments and care for animals of all types, while also specializing in avian care. Dr Smith is a familiar face to many of their clients and is known for his calm, reassuring approach to animal care.
The practice also has a team of skilled veterinary nurses, including Mrs Katherine Hugh, who is an RVN. Alongside Dr Smith, Mrs Hugh provides excellent nursing care for animals and ensures that they are as comfortable and relaxed as possible during their time at the practice. The team is passionate about animal welfare and works tirelessly to ensure that all animals receive the highest standards of care.
As well as offering veterinary care services for domestic animals, the practice is also a specialist in wildlife care. Their specialists have the skills and expertise required to care for a variety of native animals in need of assistance. They provide medical treatment, rehabilitation and release services for animals that have been injured, sick, or abandoned. They pride themselves on their commitment to wildlife welfare and are passionate about preserving and protecting local wildlife.
The practice is open to all types of animals, from domestic pets to wild animals in need of care. They offer a range of consultations, treatments, and procedures to cater for the health and wellbeing of all species. They also offer animal health advice and a wide range of pet care products to ensure that all animals can lead healthy and happy lives.
The practice facilities are modern and well-equipped, providing all the necessary tools for animal care and treatment. The team works tirelessly to create a welcoming, friendly and reassuring environment for all animals and their owners, knowing that a visit to the vet can often be daunting for both animals and humans.
In conclusion, Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital is a veterinary practice that provides high-quality animal healthcare services to animals in Aylesbury and its surroundings. They offer a range of consultations, treatments, and procedures to cater for the health and wellbeing of all species. Their friendly and knowledgeable team work to provide the best care possible, treating all animals they see as if they were their own. Their passion for animal welfare and their commitment to preserving and protecting local wildlife make them a unique and vital part of the local community.
Based on 8 reviews
adrian hannam
Google 24 April 2026
This place is amazing. They have the largest wildlife hospital in the UK here and rescue 13000 animals a year prioritising releasing them back into the wild. If you have kids, please take them!!! At the very least they have the friendliest Dear in the world!
Amanda Marson
Google 28 March 2026
A wonderful experience, lovely staff, so knowledgeable about the animals. The talks were great, especially the hedgehogs and bird talks. Seeing the babies being fed in the nursery was another highlight. We saw baby squirrels being fed. There is a terrific playground to or children with several ride on toys available for little ones and a flying fox for the older ones. The hospitals work saving iured animals is fantastic.
Laura Cieplak
Google 20 March 2026
We went this morning (me husband and 2 kids) and we had a lovely time! We found tiggywinkles from a day out website for the kids and was a half hour drive but definitely worth the visit. We got to walk round and see some of the animals there, and there was a playground that the kids really enjoyed! 10/10 recommend. Thank you
Nikki
Google 20 February 2026
Amazing little British wildlife centre - great staff, play area, museum, crafts, very clean and tidy, no gimmicks. Would be good to visit in summertime also. Definitely worth s visit and to support this great cause.
lisa celeste
Google 3 January 2026
Such a lovely place. The work they're doing here are amazing. Saving injured wildlife animals. We meet a 3 legged hedgehog, lost its leg-run over by a car. This wild life hospital (first in the world) saved this hedgehog life. Staff here ( Leah ) thank you for Showing my son this precious creature, Winnie the hedgehog!
Gary coleburt
Google 28 October 2025
Such a lovely little rescue centre — small but full of heart! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area. We handed in a baby hedgehog, and the team were absolutely wonderful, taking amazing care of it. You can really tell how much they love what they do.
Sagvan Kocher
Google 8 October 2025
We went to this place according to their good reviews but were not very impressed as there was hardly any animals there to see so were a bit disappointed as we went from London so it was not what we expected. The staffs are nice and friendly and quite place so not a lot of people around plus free car park which were good points about it.
Nige
Google 26 September 2025
Our neighbours found a juvenile hedgehog wandering around our Close in broad daylight and weren't sure what to do with it. So they came to us. The fact that it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we knew it (now called 'Spike'!) shouldn't be there. A quick call to Tiggywinkles (25 miles away) confirmed the fact and advised us to bring Spike in. The staff at Tiggywinkles were so pleasant and welcoming. They were pleased that we had taken the bother to bring Spike in, even though he was very active. We had heard much about Tiggywinkles, but had never visited before. It is a wonderful setup, and looks very well maintained. All the staff we met were so focused in what they do and couldn't have been more helpful. We even found thattheir first ever casualty was a kestrel, not a hedgehog as we always had assumed. Spike's casualty number was 114935 on 6th September and if it isn't too much of a problem, we'd love to know how it is doing.
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